Original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/japanlife/s/HZVpNgA9KC
After the first incident we had a phone meeting and then an in person meeting with our daughters teacher. According to the teacher this student has a learning disability and acts out in class, usually because he’s behind the class and can’t keep up. The schools explanation was that they are aware of the issue and are trying to work with the child and his parents to teach and help him adapt to the school life.
Our impression from talking with the teacher is that he was also frustrated with the situation, but for whatever reason (probably the parents) he was going through the process and hoping the situation would resolve itself in time.
In the mean time, he agreed to move our daughter as far away from this kid as possible and make sure there was no interaction between them.
For the last month we’ve been making sure to asking our daughter every day how class was, and also making sure this kid doesn’t talk to her at all.
One note on the first incident, it happened right after English class. Our daughter is mostly bilingual so she’s way ahead of the class in that subject and often called on to help or answer questions. I thought is that because this kid has a learning disability, seeing other kids doing well in class angers him and he then bullies that kid.
And then there was today, English class day. Our daughter was called on to come up to the front of the class to play a game with a few other kids, and as she passed this kid he punched her several times in the leg and side. When she got home from class she was quiet, but during bath time my wife noticed bruising in those areas and she told us what happened.
We’ve wrote a letter to the teacher, this time informing him of what’s about to happen. Tomorrow morning we’re taking her to her doctor to get a 診断書 shindansho/medical certificate. From there we are filing a formal police report 被害届 (higaitodoke)
We tried to give this kid a little leeway and see if the school would resolve the situation but we’re done with that now. We will be pushing this as far as we can legally with the police and if that doesn’t resolve the issue we will look into possibly suing the parents/school for damages.
by SufficientTangelo136